March 18, 2022

US unveils battery strategy in West Virginia to ease coal loss

The administration also plans to announce nearly $215 million in Interior Department funding to clean up abandoned mines in West Virginia.

March 17, 2022

The Metals Company signs MoU for PFS on world’s first deep-sea nodule processing plant

The polymetallic nodule fields in the CCZ of the Pacific represent the largest known undeveloped nickel resource on the planet.

March 17, 2022

5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now?

Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.

March 17, 2022

Eramet, Suez eye EV battery recycling in France by 2024

The joint project would produce black mass, a metal concentrate containing nickel, cobalt, manganese, lithium and graphite that is suitable for hydrometallurgical refining.

March 17, 2022

VW joins sustainable mining initiative to boost scrutiny

Other carmaker members of IRMA include General Motors and Ford.

March 15, 2022

Non-lithium battery chemistries to grow in importance for stationary energy storage sector – report

IDTechEx predicts alternatives to Li-ion are set to play an increasingly important role due to their potential for improving cost and safety, easing material supply burdens, and less demanding requirements…

March 14, 2022

Musk says Tesla, SpaceX face ‘significant’ inflationary pressure

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a surge in prices of metals used in cars - from aluminum in the bodywork to palladium in catalytic converters to the high-grade…

March 11, 2022

Wheaton Precious shares drop on earnings miss

Wheaton Precious expands reserve base as it aims toward 900,000-plus per year GEO production.

March 9, 2022

Madagascar’s Ambatovy mine on track to deliver ‘no net loss’ of surrounding forest

Ambatovy has strived to conserve the surrounding forest by slowing deforestation driven by small-scale agriculture elsewhere.

March 7, 2022

In charts: EV metal demand accelerated in the second half of 2021

Surging EV sales in the Asia Pacific region brings a wall of metals demand.